TW: mental illness, hospitalisation.

Today we are celebrating the launch of our program, Unwritten, with a story of beginning again from one of our very first Purposeful program participants, Gareth Shanthikumar!

Gareth is a Personal Trainer, as well as the co-founder of 'Man Up', a not-for-profit organisation empowering young men and redefining masculinity. Man Up runs workshops on various topics centered around men’s mental health and well-being, with an emphasis on transforming boys into confident, purpose-driven, and emotionally capable men.

4 years ago, Gareth joined the first ever course from Purposeful, called Unwritten, and during the course acted on some major decisions about his future life and career.

As one of the most purposeful people I know, Gareth joins me to share his perspectives on living a purposeful life. In this episode we dive deep into:

• Gareth's own mental health journey and the path that was written for his future by his family, friends and societal expectations
• the courage of making decisions from a place of love over fear
• understanding your core values and using them to make authentic personal and career choices
• choosing a career pathway that defies your family's expectations for your future
• designing a vision for your future and using it as a goal achieving system to bring your definition of success to life
• what to do if your vision or the thing that you are passionate about is not financially sustainable right now
• practicing unconditional self-love in face of failure

This episode pretty much sums up what it means to live a purposeful life, and breaks down what so many of our ideas at Purposeful look like in practice. If you're interested in personal and career development, growth mindsets and self-development, then this episode is for you!

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Just because you’re figuring out who YOU are, it does not mean you need to do it alone!!

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We’ll be dropping a new episode each week, so check in every Monday for your weekly dose of purpose + authentic chats about how to work out what the heck you want from your life, and the journey of beginning again in a purposeful way :)